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Table 12.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Recipients of Deceased Donor Lungs

Recipient Ethnicity/Race Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 864 941 1,034 1,029 1,070 1,157 1,405 1,401 1,465 1,478
White 779 844 918 913 928 997 1,216 1,193 1,228 1,228
African American 52 67 87 62 71 88 109 122 123 131
Other/Multi-race 4 3 1 5 4 5 8 10 11 13
Asian 5 2 6 8 18 9 17 14 15 24
Hispanic/Latino 24 25 22 41 47 58 55 62 88 82
Unknown - - - - 2 - - - - -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
White 90.2% 89.7% 88.8% 88.7% 86.7% 86.2% 86.5% 85.2% 83.8% 83.1%
African American 6.0% 7.1% 8.4% 6.0% 6.6% 7.6% 7.8% 8.7% 8.4% 8.9%
Other/Multi-race 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9%
Asian 0.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.8% 1.7% 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 1.6%
Hispanic/Latino 2.8% 2.7% 2.1% 4.0% 4.4% 5.0% 3.9% 4.4% 6.0% 5.5%
Unknown - - - - 0.2% - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor lung was one of the organs transplanted.



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